Recently, I made a discovery. The discovery is this:
I don't like to work.
This is problematic, as most of my job tends to be, you know, work. Part of the problem is that I just don't feel like working that often. Its just so much easier to sit back and relax. Maybe watch some tv. Something like that. I mean, have you seen some of what they have on tv these days? Its fun stuff! Super heroes, fantasy tales, and pirates.
So why do I love pirates and hate work? Well, it's complicated. Work is what makes it possible for me to live in a house, provide food for my family, and generally keep me off the streets. Pirates, on the other hand, have scurvy.
But pirates are so entertaining that, were it an option, I might just sit back and watch pirates do their thing all day. Of course if I did that then I wouldn't be able to do other things, like go to Papua New Guinea and teach people how to read, and help people understand the scriptures, and cool stuff that not even pirates get to do. That stuff is important. Like, really important. So why is it so hard for me to do it?
It seems that it is a matter of motivation.
Calling a hundred churches in a day just to get 100 voice mails isn't exciting. I want to do the things that make me feel like life is good. I want to travel, and see the sights and have a good time. I don't want to leave my name and number and a short message after the tone a hundred times.
This is where self control comes in. Self control is the ability to get yourself to do something, even when you don't want to do it, simply because it needs to get done. Its what allows me to turn off the TV and write an email, or go call potential supporters because that's the stuff that will get me to the field so I CAN go teach people the Word of God. Its also what allows me to do the dishes, or the laundry, because....well just because it needs to get done.
It's what makes me an adult.
So why write this? Because it's a good reminder. A reminder that no matter how good that tv show makes the life of a pirate look, there are consequences to forgoing hard work in favor of chasing what makes you feel good. Like scurvy. And never getting overseas. And I desperately want to get overseas.
What things are you avoiding simply because you don't want to do them? Are you being held back by something "pirating" your time away?
I don't like to work.
This is problematic, as most of my job tends to be, you know, work. Part of the problem is that I just don't feel like working that often. Its just so much easier to sit back and relax. Maybe watch some tv. Something like that. I mean, have you seen some of what they have on tv these days? Its fun stuff! Super heroes, fantasy tales, and pirates.
I love pirates.
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| I'm sorta "hooked" |
So why do I love pirates and hate work? Well, it's complicated. Work is what makes it possible for me to live in a house, provide food for my family, and generally keep me off the streets. Pirates, on the other hand, have scurvy.
But pirates are so entertaining that, were it an option, I might just sit back and watch pirates do their thing all day. Of course if I did that then I wouldn't be able to do other things, like go to Papua New Guinea and teach people how to read, and help people understand the scriptures, and cool stuff that not even pirates get to do. That stuff is important. Like, really important. So why is it so hard for me to do it?
It seems that it is a matter of motivation.
Calling a hundred churches in a day just to get 100 voice mails isn't exciting. I want to do the things that make me feel like life is good. I want to travel, and see the sights and have a good time. I don't want to leave my name and number and a short message after the tone a hundred times.
This is where self control comes in. Self control is the ability to get yourself to do something, even when you don't want to do it, simply because it needs to get done. Its what allows me to turn off the TV and write an email, or go call potential supporters because that's the stuff that will get me to the field so I CAN go teach people the Word of God. Its also what allows me to do the dishes, or the laundry, because....well just because it needs to get done.
It's what makes me an adult.
So why write this? Because it's a good reminder. A reminder that no matter how good that tv show makes the life of a pirate look, there are consequences to forgoing hard work in favor of chasing what makes you feel good. Like scurvy. And never getting overseas. And I desperately want to get overseas.
What things are you avoiding simply because you don't want to do them? Are you being held back by something "pirating" your time away?
